A&Q about Lotus
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so all joking aside, are we saying i can't drive the lotus in salted roads becuase it'll melt my car?!
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Originally Posted by Imolas54
so all joking aside, are we saying i can't drive the lotus in salted roads becuase it'll melt my car?!
There are two issues possible. The damage caused by the salt to the aluminum and the possible electrolyte effect of the salt water and the aluminum and steel at contact points.
I was trying to find out if anyone had any good idea. Clearly we got a faux treatise on the glue and other funnin' but no real information on how to avoid damage.
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what about all the nsx and audi out there on the road w/ the Al bodies?
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Originally Posted by TimMullen
That's because that's the color of the "glue" used to manufacture the chassis.
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We'll have to remember that one for next April 1.
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Originally Posted by RegGuy
I was trying to find out if anyone had any good idea. .
There IS a guy from Ann Arbor MI who has been running his year round for the past 2 winters............. maybe Viciously knows him and could ask him how his frame is holding out.
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Originally Posted by TimMullen
That's because that's the color of the "glue" used to manufacture the chassis.
For the record, the whole post about the different colors of the "glue" and/or the "glue" changing colors is a Hoax - a joke.
Please ignore it after laughing at it.
that's what i figured, but i decided to post anyway.
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I thought the touring glue was supposed to be a different color?
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The chassis of our cars is anodized. In theory this should protect them against corrosion.
I drove my last Lotus in the winter but not in the wet. If i ended up caught out in the car, and in the rain, i would rinse off the underside when i got home. In 45,000km and five years my car looked fine underneath.
Not sure if you used it constantly during the winter though.
My main reason not to ride my bike or drive my Lotus in the wet in the winter is me not wanting to spoil the looks of the car. I do not think we need to worry about our cars dissapearing. In England they use loads of salt and plenty of people use their cars in the winter (and we have had the car for ten years)
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Originally Posted by Taxcheat
I thought the touring glue was supposed to be a different color?
Only the glue holding our touring rims together is a different color - lol!
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Originally Posted by Taxcheat
I thought the touring glue was supposed to be a different color?
What? You haven't been thwacked in a while?
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Originally Posted by catapult
Only the glue holding our touring rims together is a different color - lol!
You too!
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Ask someone living on the Bay or for that matter coast of Fl,: that's year round salt and moisture! Salt is salt, therefore should not make a difference and there are enough 05 car's there to give an analysis. When we lived in FL and had an anodized mast never saw one needing replacement ,but alway's was a good idea to use lithium grease or spray between Al and steel to stop electrolysis etc. Engine's whose manifold's were in constant exposure with salt water occassional decayed which took yr's to occur and usually neglected to ck their sacifricial zinc's. Personally with minimal care and washing I seriously doubt problem's with the frame!Enjoy your car!